The trouble started after a court ruled on Tuesday that nationwide protests, called against the high cost of living, were illegal.

Some even mount performance-art protests, called Whirl-Mart, in which groups push empty carts through Wal-Mart's aisles.

The police clashed with thousands of demonstrators here today in a protest called by a coalition of dissident groups.

Schools were closed as 50,000 teachers joined strike action, part of a week of protests called by the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

These actions were part of a coordinated protest called "Day of Desperation."

Members of the protest called for an end to the bloodshed as well as "death to Premier Li Peng".

A protest called last weekend to burn voter-registration cards drew only a handful of people.

A protest called Take the Capital!

The conflict erupted at a 'peaceful protest', called by the party's leader Winston Tubman, who alleges fraud in the first round and boycotted the run-off.

The clash came on the 15th day of protests called by a coalition of Nepal's seven largest political parties, demanding a restoration of parliamentary rule.